Ribbon or the like



June 10, 1952 VEEDER RIBBON OR THE LIKE Filed Sept. 19, 1951 INVENTOR. HARRY VEEDER ATTORNEY Patented June 10, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE it 2,599,674 7 RIBBON 03 run LIKE Harry Veeder, Great Neck, N. Y. Application September 19, 1951, Serial No. 247,203

5 Claims. (Cl. 139-420) The present invention relates to a ribbon, or the like; and more particularly to a ribbon of the type especially adapted for use in tying packages, such as gift and holiday packages, and to methodsfor making the same.

Ribbons of the character described, intended particularly for the tying of gift and holiday packages, are required, by public taste and demand, to be of bright, highly colorful and glittering appearance. To meet such requirements,

' numerous efforts have been made to incorporate into such ribbons strands of colorful, glittering and light reflecting materials, such as tinsel or colored strips of regenerated cellulose, or the like. The results of all these previous efforts, however, have not been wholly satisfactory because the resulting products generally lacked adequate body, or suppleness and strength, and were fragile and easily spoiledandnon-durable." Also, the weaving processes for'such ribbons of theprior art was a relatively slow and delicate operation, making production relatively costly, particularlyin view of the purpose for which such ribbons were intended.

It is an object of the present invention to pro vide a ribbon of the character described which incorporates in its structure light reflectingand highly colorful non-fibrous strands and is yet possessed of substantial and adequate body, suppleness and strength for package tying purposes.

It is also an object of the pres'entinventiori to provide a ribbon of the character described which is of improved strength and durability; is of limited stretchability and of improved shape retaining characteristics. i

It is another object of the present invention to provide a ribbon of the character described which is not only bright and glistening in appearance but is also of more colorful and variegated appearance than the ribbons of the same general type heretofor made. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a ribbon of the character described which may be formed with relative ease and simplicity and at relatively greaterspeed than ribbons'of the same type heretofore made and is,

herefore, more economical to produce and to use. 'I'heforegoing and other advantages and superiorities of the ribbons of th present invention willbecome more readily apparent to' those skilled in the art from the embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings and from the description -following. It is to be understoodfhoweventhat such embodiment is shown byfway'of illustration onlyftomake the principles andprac- 2 i I tice of the invention more readily comprehensible, and without any intent of limiting the invention to the Specific details therein shown. In the drawings: Fig. 1 is afragmentary, plan view of one embodiment of a ribbon of 'the present invention, partly folded over on itself to show both surfaces thereof, and partly broken away, to show structural details;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, more or less diagram matic sectional view of the same, taken on line 22 ofFig.1,and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modified embodiment of a ribbon of the present invention. Generally stated, the present invention resides in forming a package tying ribbon with a center portion, running warpwise thereof, whichconsists of a prewoven textile fabric strip andwith marginal portions, likewise running-warpwise thereof, each of which is formed of oneor more highly colorfuland/or light reflecting elements or threads, as of tinsel, regenerated cellulose or conventional thread; the center strip and the marginal warp elements being interwoven into a unitary ribbon structure by sparsely disposed weft thread or threads.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention the ribbon center strip is formed of cut'narrow fabric the edges of which are sealed against fraying and is preferably comprised of a double layer of such cut narrow woven fabric with each of the layer strips differing from the other in appearance; as in color. 1 Referring more specifically to the accompanying drawings, the embodiment of the ribbon of the present invention therein illustrated comprises a center portion disposed warpwise of the ribbon, generally designated as N, and consisting ofa pair of superposed cut narrow woven fabric strips, llandlZ.

The strips H and I2 may be formed of any type of woven fabric suitable for the purpose; woven of either natural or synthetic threads, such as cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, orthe like, and may preferably each be of a different color or of otherwise different surface appearance than the other. Thus, for example, the two strips may be of green and redco1ors,'respectively, for Christmas gift package tying. By this arrangement, afsingle' ribbon may present a variegated appearance when it is used in tying a package because of the natural tendency of the ribbon to twist during tying, to expose,

thereof."

alternately the difierently appearing surfaces warp elements, such as. unitary ribbon structure for reasons of ease, convenience andspeed of production, with consequent economy in production, comprise narrow strips, of desired width, cut from the wide, woven textile fabric in the piece, in a manner well known in the art, by which an entire piece goods width is cut, at one time, into numerous narrow fabric strips. Each strip, H and 12, if desired, may have its out edges; sealed. against fraying, asby the application of an adhesive, or the like, or by heat, when the nature of the fabric thread permits the use of heat, also in a manner well known in the textile art.

The longitudinal marginal portions of the ribbon of the present invention are each formed of one or more, preferably about four, highly ornamental, preferably colored and light reflecting warp threads or narrow elements, l5, that may each be arranged parallel to an edge of Jtheycenterstrip andtoeach other and that mayrblendror contrastaxwi-th: such .center strip. Such .elements '15 may consist of tinsel threads or of relatively narrowzstrips: of other shinyp'and light reflecting material, such ..as coloredregeneratedcellulose, or of:highly' colorful threadsof conventional type.

:The centerstrip Ill-and the-warp elements are Woven together into unitary ribbon structure'tby' the .weft thread or .threads, it, which maybe of conventional type andsare preferably sparsely spaced across the ribbon.

'Tofieliminate any sharp, edges in the ribbon ofi:thepresentinventiondue :to :the' character of the -.material forming the marginal ribbon portion: warp elements; to thereby. protect' the user aswell laseliminate any tendency to cut thezweft' thread iii, the ribbon may-also incorporate alongeach longitudinal :edge thereofone or--more,::as -two,- additional warp threads, I8, of: conventional character, asof cotton, silk, rayon, nylon; or the like; which may be interwoven-intothe ribbon by :theweft it.

' This.- completes the description of the one embodiment ofnthe ribbon of 'the present invention. It may here be stated, however, that while the-embodiment described is shown to have a-center. portion' l0 consisting of a pair of superposed cut narrow woven. fabric strips, the -ribbon-may :also'. be formed with a center portionofa single layer'or ply of woven fabric, preferably'cut narrow woven? fabric, and having surfaces of different characteristics, as of 'differentcolorsor different'finish, as satin and dull'finished surfaces. The center portion l9 may -also, :if desired, be formed of a conventional, finished-edge ribbon, preferably also with "different surface characteristics for its two sides.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3', the ribbon of the present invention, instead of having a single center portion 10, is shown as formed with multiple center portions such as to, each of whiclrmayconsist of cut narrow woven textile fabric, all ofwhich may bedisposed in spaced relation-to, one .anotherwarpwise of the fabric and separated: from one another by a groupof IS; all interwoven into by .weft thread, such as lfi withthe outer edges provided with the edge finishing warp threads such as 18.

;,-';[n' the 1mu1tiple-center portion; ribbon de scribed abov,e,;=each of the center portions may be.: ;z f or med;bf.;one ply of .cut narrow woven fabric of the like, or of two ply, as illustrated,

and each center portion may have its two surfaces difierent in appearance from one another as well as from the surfaces of the other of the center portions, in a manner readily understood. In such embodiment of the ribbon of the invention the groups of warp elements of non-woven material may also differ from one another in appearance, as to both color and texture. Such embodiments, therefore, provide a ribbon of maximum ,eolorfulness, brilliance and variegated appearance.

It will be readily apparent that the several embodiments of the invention described above disclose ribbons that are highly colorful, brilliant, and of variegated and attractive appearance, to an extent heretofore not found feasible or. possible. It will also be apparent that the ribbons, though formed in the main 'of cut material, including edges of cut material that is unwoven and sharp-edged, possess, nevertheless, finished woven edges, which. will:not rcutqithe users hands and will also :prevent-.-,the: ready tearing of theribbon across, its-warp. #Ill' 'W-ill likewise be apparentthat in addition to: being more impervious to tearingacross, therribbons of the present invention possess all of the body, strength and pliability, of a wholly woven; ribbon andeven in" excess of-What, conferred thereon by the one or more 'stripsof prewoven fabric incorporated into their structure. It will additionally be apparent thatjfthe-gribbons of the present invention, becausethey are formed of strips cut inmultiplenumbers-simultaneously, from wide piece goodspmaybe made by simple, easy rapid' and. economical-process and are, therefore, economical-'toiproduce-and tozuse. p 7

It will be further apparent that numerous variations and modifications of the ribbons of j the present invention and in-the methods for making the same may be made. by anyoneskilled-in the art, in accordance with the principles ofthe invention hereinabove set forth, and.--without-.the use of any inventive ingenuity. I desire,athere-- fore, to be protected for any and; all such: yariations and modifications that-may be made with.- in the spirit of, the present inventionrand the scope of the claims heretoappended.

What I claim is:

l. A decorative ribbon of the; character described, comprising a center,-.-warp-wiseextending section consisting ofout,.narrowwwoventextile fabric, said center section having'its two surfaces different from one another inappearance, a section formed of at least one relativelynarrow, warp element formed of non-woven li'ght-reflecting sheet material along each edge of said center section, and weft thread interweaving said center section witheach of said warp elements :into unitary structure.

2. A decorative ribbon of the character described, comprising a warp-wise extending center section consisting of a pairof superposed cut narrow woven textile fabric strips, each'of said strips differing from the other in color, a section formed of a plurality of relatively narrow,;warp elements of non-Woven material-including, atleast one element of light reflecting;non-fibrous sheet material along each edge of said; center section, and weft thread interweaving said center section with each of said warp elements in unitary StHIG-r ture.

3. A decorative ribbon of thegcha-ractercdee' scribed, comprising a warp-wise, extendin Center tion formed 01' a plurality of warp elements of relatively narrow, non-woven material, at least one of said warp elements being of light reflecting sheet material, along each edge of said center section, and weft thread interweaving said center section and said warp elements with one another into unitary structure.

4. A decorative ribbon of the character described, comprising a plurality of strips of woven textile fabric arranged warp-wise of the ribbon in laterally spaced relation, a plurality of relatively narrow warp elements of non-woven material at least one of which is of light reflecting material arranged in the space between strips. a plurality of relative narrow warp elements of non-woven material at least one of which is of light refiect= ing sheet material along the outer edge of each 01 the outermost 01' said strips; and weft thread interweaving each of said strips with each of said warp elements into unitary structure.

5. A decorative ribbon of the character described, comprising a plurality of superposed pairs of strips of woven textile fabric arranged warp-wise oi the ribbon in laterally spaced relation to one another, a plurality of relatively narrow warp elements of light reflecting sheet material arranged in the space between said pairs of strips, a plurality of relatively narrow warp elements of non-woven material at least one of which is of light reflecting sheet material arranged along the outer edge of each of the outermost of said pairs of strips, and weft thread interweaving said pairs of strips with said warp elements into unitary structure.

HARRY VEEDER.

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